8. Talent (3)

[Quest completed.]

[Sione Cianella’s liking for you increases.]

The quest was completed as soon as I ran out of words.

I’m sure there will be one thing that the crush has increased.

I was going to check it out and pass it on, but this time there was another reward besides the crush.

[Became close to a certain level with Sione Cianella]

[Her resonance with her unlocks a small amount of your original power.]

‘This is…… !”

At the same time as the small amount of mana was recovered, the total amount increased slightly.

The more mana, the better, so it must be a happy thing, but right now, the total amount of mana is not important to me.

‘I thought that spirit magic would no longer have a relationship with me.’

Unlike in the past, the feeling of being able to use spirit magic even though I was very weak swept through my body.

The property is wind… No matter how weakly you use it, it takes quite a lot of mana because it’s not spirit magic.

If you use the increased mana just twice, the mana will be empty.

‘But where is this?’

When shooting a bow, even a simple elemental magic like this would be of great help if it had the wind attribute.

Receiving an unexpected gift did not feel bad. No, it was rather good.

… I ignored it because they didn’t give me a piece of candy just because I liked it. To come back like this and repay the favor.

As much as it was obvious that if I suddenly smiled and was happy, Shione would look at me like a madman.

She calmed her joy and said.

“From now on, I will wake you at the same time as today.”

Shion nodded obediently at my words.

So, as if she were about to shoot her bow, Sione tried to lift her bow, but her arm stopped going up in the middle and she went down again.

Suddenly, I looked up to see why he was doing that again.

Why are you staring at me all of a sudden?

She looked at me blankly, as if she wanted to say something.

How tenacious the gaze was trying to make eye contact with me.

It’s to the point where I wonder if he’s going to keep looking at me until I make eye contact and ask him.

Her gaze was too stinging to ignore vaguely, so I had no choice but to react.

“Is there anything you want to ask me about?”

Then, as if Shione had waited, she opened her mouth.

“One shot made me more curious. How did you get to that level of archery? Can you tell me?”

“Ainel Cianella-sama said that I would be able to serve as an attendant for a group of gangsters.”

“Why is that story coming out now?”

“My mastery of archery is just a means for Sione-nim’s training. It’s not something that Sione-nim deserves to hear about.”

Saying that, I lowered my head with the force of putting my head on the ground.

But if you tell the truth about your previous life and all that, it’s obvious that you’ll be treated like a madman.

To say it’s just a talent, the long-accumulated skill was evident in all my movements with the bow.

Whatever you say, it’s better to just keep your head down and your mouth zipped, lest you get suspicious.

Such an unusual slave shows off some decent archery skills.

I generously created an atmosphere like a guy with a story.

Wouldn’t it seem like he had a special past?

If I keep my mouth shut, Shione will think about my past and think about it.

“Has your mother ever caught sight of you handling a bow?”

“Ainel Cianella has only seen me handle a short sword.”

“Hmm, it’s a short sword…”

Why are you looking at such an interesting animal?

Hoping that the atmosphere of interrogation would end, he corrected his posture more politely.

“Don’t bother asking. I expect you to tell me everything when the time is right. However, the point of your sword should not be pointed at me.”

“I will do my best to serve you.”

Shione gave off an air of satisfaction as if she liked the words again.

In the meantime, I looked at the bow in my hand and said.

“But with a bow, my fate is very strange.”

“…May I ask what you mean?”

“A knight with a high level breaks an arrow before being pierced by an arrow, and a wizard breaks all arrows. It can be said that the limit of the level is clearly a weapon’s talent.”

It’s embarrassing that I’ve just shot a few bows and that’s it.

At Shione’s words, I just pulled out an arrow.

“If so, wouldn’t it be fine to shoot so fast that neither the knight nor the wizard’s magic could catch the arrow?”

“That means.”

“If you don’t believe it, why don’t you see it with your own two eyes?”

“Yes, I want to check it with my own eyes.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Really.”

Obviously you allowed it. Don’t say anything else after it’s over.

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I immediately pulled the protest.

I aimed at the target at the tip of my eye.

Sione Cianella.

She was my target, right in the center of my vision.

With the sliding release, I immediately pulled the protest and gathered my strength.

I gathered mana and applied spirit magic to my arrows.

Along with the manifestation of magic, a weak gust of wind began to spread around me.

“Ah-“

Only then did Shione respond and the arrow flew.

Fluff.

Sione sat down in her place.

I was frightened by the arrow that passed by my head in an instant, and my legs seemed to lose their strength.

I put down her bow and approached her, lowering her stance to meet her eyes.

Shione’s pupils continued to vibrate and she couldn’t find her place.

“Well, I killed the sword users of the past, so if you’re Shione-nim, you’ll be able to shoot threatening arrows at sword experts as well.”

“…….”

“Don’t confine yourself to the limits you’ve set for yourself. The bow is a more dangerous weapon than Sione-nim thinks.”

“Okay… I know-“

“What…?”

My body leaned forward and leaned against Shione.

“…Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”

“…Looks like mana exhaustion.”

“Joe, I’d like you to move away.”

I tried my best to get away somehow…….

It’s no joke that I spent too much mana on spirit magic.

I had to share it little by little….

It seemed that his body was startled when he suddenly ran out of mana.

At this rate, you won’t be able to move until your mana recovers a little.

“…I’m sorry. I can’t move well.”

“Well, then I’ll make you step back—”

“Eh.”

Shione pulled herself back for no reason, and my body leaned forward more and became completely hugged.

“Now, uh, what should I do…?”

“I’d appreciate it if you could calm down and sit me down.”

“Yes, let’s do that…!”

Shione hurriedly seated me on the ground and stood up.

Shione’s face turned red as if she had been in a lot of trouble just now.

I’m a bit sorry that the reaction was so intense.

I tried several times to get up from my seat, but….

Moan… …. This didn’t work out

Is it because he has a weak male body with the worst affinity for mana?

The mana exhaustion also seemed to come on more severely than the woman.

“Can that… happen?”

It seems like it would be difficult to wake up right now.

Since time has passed, people may come to visit us, so there is nothing we can do about it.

I spread my arms and said.

“…I think you should carry it to the room.”

“…Huh?”

“If not, could you lend me your back?”

“That’s it…”

You can’t just leave me here and run away.

Are you going to throw it away?

Abandon the servant? Abandon the archery teacher?

Looking up as brightly as possible, Shione, with a bright red face that was about to explode, spoke in a small voice.

“Ah… I see…”

That’s how I was able to go to the room on Shione’s back.

* * *

「Rehabilitation」

「Your master, Sione, has had the most positive and lively attitude in recent years. Moreover, her talent for archery, which had been hidden in her, was germinating and she was just starting to take root in her soil. Transform her obesity into a strong woman’s body so that my master’s talents can bloom more splendidly.”

「Reward: Increased speed of blooming of Sione Cianella’s talents, increased bond with Sione Cianella」

「Failure: Slowing down the blooming of Sione Cianella’s talent」

It wasn’t long before I finished the quest this morning.

Another quest appeared at lunch today, the first time I shot a bow.

I wonder how infertile my boss must have been, even giving him quests and asking me to fix it with my support.

The usefulness of liking and bonding and the increase in the speed of blooming of Shione’s talent are at stake as rewards, so little by little I began to think that it was fortunate that Shione was out of class.

I filled the empty water bottle in Shione’s room with water.

It wasn’t enough that I came to her room with Shione’s help, and thanks to being able to sit on her chair, I was able to rest comfortably.

Thanks to that, I can walk properly like this.

I saw her bed.

Well, they say people die when they suddenly change, but Shione will never die….

What I felt on my own in the morning was that I was about to shoot a lot of arrows, but the proof is that I am lying spread out on the bed as usual without showing a single effort to change myself.

This is the end if you can only shoot a bow, right? With a body like that?

Clearing her quest, Shione’s liking for her must have gone up considerably, I approached her and said boldly.

“Shione-nim, the sun has reached mid-heaven, so let’s start exercising from now on.”

Peek out.

She pulled her face out of her blanket and looked at me with her bewildered face.

“Suddenly, she tried to shoot me with an arrow, but I doubted her from the moment she hugged me… Didn’t she finally go crazy…?”

“…Don’t worry, I’m not crazy at all.”

“It’s fortunate. If you do, bring refreshments quickly.”

Swipe.

Shione even gestured to the empty snack plate on the table.

“Full. Oh, you can also bring some food for you.”

“…Use it.”

Seriously, what am I supposed to do with this bastard?